Army Selection

Players must select their armies using the Battle-forged method as detailed in the main rulebook page 117.

Players may select any number of Detachments but cannot select the same Detachment more than once.

Players may select any number of Formations but cannot select the same Formation more than once.

Players cannot select Allies classified as ‘Come the Apocalypse’ in the main rulebook.

Players cannot select units or Formations that are designated as “Apocalypse”.

Players cannot select units that have a battlefield role designated as “Lord Of War”.

Players cannot select a Formation that includes a unit which has a battlefield role designated as “Lord of War”.

Reminder: To preserve the sanity of the Tournament Organizers, submitted army lists must properly break-out the detachments for validation purposes. They must also list the Battlefield Role and Points cost of each unit. Formations must also be clearly marked and an indication as to where the rules for the Formation can be found should be included.

So just to confirm, the Astronomi-con detachments (and associated restrictions) will no longer be used?

One suggestion, if I may: On the mobile version of this device, none of the pages have publication dates. If you could add publication dates to your pages, that’d greatly help understand which pages/rules are recent and which are older and likely out of date.

That is correct – the original detachment restrictions were a very early adaptation before we understood how the system was going to work. The site has been updated with the current rules we are using (any number of detachments, no duplicate formations etc.)

With regards to the Demi-Company comments above, is it possible to have some wiggle room? The 2nd Demi-Company is required for Company Support which is a key buff of the Gladius (without it, Gladius becomes much much less interesting to use). And the 2nd Demi company just means more vanilla marines, so you’re not spamming MCs or Riptides or anything like that. If its absolutely not possible to take a 2nd Demi-Company, could you allow Company Support with just 1 Demi-Company?

The reason the limitation is there is to specifically eliminate the Company Support from becoming available. It also prevents other armies from duplicating powerful formations. It was a game-balance decision. At 1500 points, which could be viewed as a small battle, thematically it would be inappropriate for a Company-level action. Which is also why things like Lords of War are unavailable.